HOME* Main Poem Index* January Poem List* Next Poem Beings and Humans Humans gestate in three fourths of one year Whereas beings require six years to set Flesh and blood dominate what man would fear Though his mind determines which maker's met Animal ventures are what beasts can see While logical excursions go unseen Confusion as to what citizens be Results from what descriptive words can mean Just consider the word human-being Concatenation of two words above Signing treaties the latter is seeing The former body can't be thinking of Economic arguments posed through time Indicate embeddings of bodied gangs Material discussions cannot rhyme Distortions caused by their marketed slangs Principles faulter at exposure to thought When privation due to incompetence Complains of efforts which have come to naught By those who can't interpret that sentence Upon whose definitions pivot truth Of covenants that lead to liberty From mental constraints, that embodied sleuth That panics in war time austerity (c)ERA 08:45 AM 1/23/03